Corset.



E. F. HUME.

CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1910.

1,030,585, Patented June 25, 1912.

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ELIZABETH FERGUSON HUME, 0F DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND.

CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1912.

Application filed May 20, 1910. Serial No. 562,420.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELIZABETH FERGUSON HUME,a subject of Great Britain, residing at 70 Heriot Row, Dunedin, in theDominion of New Zealand, have invented new and useful Improvements inCorsets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in corsets.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of flush huskclasps and a flush skirt band retainer.

' In the drawings accompanying this specification: Figure l is a frontView of the husk showing the two parts coupled, and indicating the skirtband retainer. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the busk. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the husk through a fastener. Fig. i is a cross sectionthrough the skirt hand retainer.

The husks 23 and 24 are provided for each front section, havingfastenings 25, 26 and 27 adapted to hold the busks together. Each of thefastening members on husk 23 comprises a projecting piece 28 about onehalf of the thickness of the main portion, having a hole 29 punchedtherein, which hole is adapted to engage with a fastening member 30formed in a recess 31 formed in the opposing husk 24. The said part 31is made slightly bigger than the first mentioned projecting piece 28 sothat when the busks are clasped the surface is preferably smooth andflush.

The object of having the fasteners flush is to prevent any undue wear ona dress front and to do away with unsightly project-ions caused byordinary fasteners.

A skirt band retaining piece 32 is formed on one of the busks at anyconvenient place, being preferably a continuation of one of theprojecting pieces 28 of the husk which forms the fastener. The retainingpiece is integral, with the husk and preferably flush with the surfacethereof. The portions of the busks in line with the retaining piece arebeveled toward the front edge to form a clearance between the husk andthe retaining piece to enable a skirt band or belt to pass freely underthe retaining piece.

Having described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is A corset husk having fasteners thereon said huskbeing provided with a skirt band retainer, the surface of said retainerbeing flush with the surface of the husk.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELIZABETH FERGUSON HUME.

Witnesses:

ROBERT VVALEs, ROBERT PARK, Jnr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

